A few days ago, at the age of 85,

Onofre Oliver Lladó

passed away

.

The name, except in the Balearic Islands, will say almost nothing to almost anyone today.

But it is linked to a very specific and victorious part of our cycling, in which he stood out at velodromes as ... a motorist.

Quite a profession for a few vocational. Those were times when cycling after motorcycle raised passions in Europe.

And Spain had the best and most colorful of specialists:

Guillermo (Guillem) Timoner

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